桜 & 恋

Monday, June 28, 2010

i thought . . .

The strange behavior of this uncle had caught my attention of late. Almost every morning, I will see him with an umbrella underneath his underarm, scratching his head then unclipping his watch, slide it back and forth before clipping it back. It happened for 2 weeks. I concluded the observation as “obsessive compulsive disorder”. As urgent need to engage in certain ‘ritual ‘.

I brought this up with a good friend over cup of tea. He mentioned that must be a kinetic watch; which need constant movement to keep it moving. I was like “Oh!”Here I’m sitting down feeling skeptic. I have my reasons:

- Must he wait till he get to the bus stop and start moving his watch?- How about the pre-action before the sliding of watch; referring to the scratching of hair.

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Sound right? Think again maybe

I misinterpreted some songs back when I was younger.

Transformers robot ‘in the sky’ thats what I thought the theme song was sang then. It was only after the movie adaptation that I realize is ‘robot in disguise’. Come to think of it, not all the autobots or villan-bots can fly right?

London Bridge is falling down . . . . ’my friend ready’, and we will grasp whoever went between the arms. Why would I think ‘my fair lady’ is the right lyric when it didn’t sound right? My fair lady, when a guy caught between arms?

Many a time, we presumed things are right, just because they ‘sounded’ right. Just that ‘blink’ instant, by-passing all the possible logical thinking. Well we do have 5 senses; and we can’t allow one to decide all, no?

Hmmm?

Of late, I had the habit to pair my post with an image. I google-ed the word ‘listen’ and came across the Chinese character “聴”. Immediately, I recalled my Chinese teacher saying the character itself comprises of an ‘ear’, 10 ‘eyes’ and a heart. Next time when you heard something, make sure it seems right and feel right before concluding something!